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Job Description
Provide technical assistance regarding the conservation of soil, water, forests, or related natural resources. May compile data pertaining to size, content, condition, and other characteristics of forest tracts, under the direction of foresters; or train and lead forest workers in forest propagation, fire prevention and suppression. May assist conservation scientists in managing, improving, and protecting rangelands and wildlife habitats.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-4093.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 38,630.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 18.00
- Currently, there are 30,090 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Forest and Conservation Technicians”.
Also Known As…
- Forest and Conservation Technicians
- Resource Technician
- Resource Manager
- Natural Resources Technician
- Forestry Technician
- Forestry Aide
- Forest Technician
- Forest Ranger
- Fire Technician
- Conservationist
- Wildlife Technician
- Wildlife Biologist
- Vector Control Specialist
- Type Mapper
- Tree Warden
- Tree Expert
- Timber Management Technician
- Timber Appraiser
- Soil Tester
- Soil Technologist
- Soil Conservation Technician
- Soil Conservation Aide
- Silviculturist
- Resource Manager Forester
- Park Warden
- Park Ranger
- Grazing Examiner
- Grazing Aide
- Forestry and Wildlife Manager
- Forestry Aid Technician
- Forester Aide
- Forester
- Firefighter
- Fire Management Officer
- Fire Engine Operator
- Conservation Technician
- Conservation Specialist
- Conservation Officer
- Conservation Agent
Tasks for “Wildlife Technician”
- Manage forest protection activities, including fire control, fire crew training, and coordination of fire detection and public education programs.
- Perform reforestation or forest renewal, including nursery and silviculture operations, site preparation, seeding and tree planting programs, cone collection, and tree improvement.
- Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections.
- Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark and roots to locate insect and disease damage.
- Patrol park or forest areas to protect resources and prevent damage.
- Provide technical support to forestry research programs in areas such as tree improvement, seed orchard operations, insect and disease surveys, or experimental forestry and forest engineering research.
- Train and lead forest and conservation workers in seasonal activities, such as planting tree seedlings, putting out forest fires, and maintaining recreational facilities.
- Conduct laboratory or field experiments with plants, animals, insects, diseases and soils.
- Provide information about, and enforce, regulations such as those concerning environmental protection, resource utilization, fire safety and accident prevention.
- Plan and supervise construction of access routes and forest roads.
- Install gauges, stream flow recorders, and soil moisture measuring instruments, and collect and record data from them to assist with watershed analysis.
- Thin and space trees and control weeds and undergrowth, using manual tools and chemicals, or supervise workers performing these tasks.
- Supervise forest nursery operations, timber harvesting, land use activities such as livestock grazing, and disease or insect control programs.
- Provide forestry education and general information, advice, and recommendations to woodlot owners, community organizations, and the general public.
- Monitor activities of logging companies and contractors.
- Measure distances, clean sightlines, and record data to help survey crews.
- Develop and maintain computer databases.
- Issue fire permits, timber permits, and other forest use licenses.
- Select and mark trees for thinning or logging, drawing detailed plans that include access roads.
- Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills.
Related Technology & Tools
- Remote video cameras
- Prisms
- Tensiometers
- Moisture meters
- Electroshocking boats
- Gunjets for pressurized sprayers
- Electronic rain gauges ERR
- Field data recorders
- Leaf area meter scanning instruments
- Total stations
- Winch trucks
- Slurry buckets
- Survey levels
- Fertilizer spreaders
- Bulldozers
- Clearing hooks
- Measuring wheels
- Water monitoring samplers
- Diameter tapes
- Basal area factor BAF prisms
- Sprayers
- Aerial bucket trucks
- Water level recorders
- Pocket transits
- Girdling tools
- Pruning saws
- Trucks
- Hydraulic dredges
- Aquatic weed harvesters
- Seines
- Planimeters
- Plug spades
- Notebook computers
- Soil augers
- Altimeters
- Calipers
- Wildland fire pumper trucks
- Planters
- Trail motorbikes
- Amphibious excavators
- Laser rangefinders
- Desktop computers
- Wheeler pentaprism calipers
- Clinometers
- Personal computers
- Chain saws
- Magnetic locators
- Relaskops
- Lawn mowers
- Dump trucks
- Tugboats
- Geological compasses
- Mantax computer tree calipers
- Airboats
- Tree corers
- Pulaski tools
- Survey transits
- Gill nets
- Crown densitometers
- Macroalgae harvesters
- Rubber-tired bulldozers
- Trawls
- Frame nets
- Theodolites
- Wedges
- Brush trucks
- Two way radios
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Pickup trucks
- Dibblers
- Stadia rods
- Tree planter spades
- Stream flow gauges
- Metal detectors
- pH meters
- Winches
- Track bulldozers
- Hydraulic truck-mounted cranes
- Forestry rain gauges
- Loggers' tapes
- Handheld refractometers
- Farm tractors
- Water samplers
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Terrain torches
- Hypsometers
- Front end loaders
- Seed drills
- Water trucks
- Truck cranes
- Shovels
- Brush hooks
- Harrows
- Increment borers
- McLeod tools
- Digital cameras
- Global positioning system GPS data collectors
- Excavators
- Video editing equipment
- Axes
- Soil moisture meters
- Fire plows
- Soil probes
- Backhoes
- Laser tree measuring devices
- Field personal computers PC
- Forklifts
- Remote sensing equipment
- Grass whips
- Snowplows
- Watermark soil moisture data collectors
- Laser surveying equipment
- Water monitoring meters
- Truck-mounted water pumps
- Boats
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- HARVEST
- Corel Presentation
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Assisi Software Forest
- Assisi Software Compiler
- Web browser software
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Remote sensing software
- Atterbury Consultants SuperAce
- Forest EcoSurvey
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software
- Autodesk AutoCAD LT
- Spreadsheet software
- JRP Consulting Survey Wizard
- LoggerPC software
- LJI Technologies Lumberjack
- Computer graphics software
- Microsoft Access
- Photogrammetric software
- Fire behavior modeling software
- Desktop publishing software
- Assisi Software Forest Inventory
- Allegro Landmark
- Database software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Forest Vegetation Simulator FVS
- Traverse PC
- Ben Meadows Yeoman Expedition
- Haglof Sweden AB TCruise Forest Inventory
- JRP Consulting Plant Wizard
- PhoenixPRO Forest Activity Tracking
- RockWare ArcMap
- Computer aided design CAD software